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enhttp://wamc.org/feeds/term/740/rss.xmlShumlin Signs Bill Giving State Power To Pursue Pollutershttp://wamc.org/post/shumlin-signs-bill-giving-state-power-pursue-polluters
<p>Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a bill that gives the state more power to hold accountable companies that pollute the environment.Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:30:00 +0000Pat Bradley141196 at http://wamc.orgShumlin Signs Bill Giving State Power To Pursue PollutersClass Action Suit In Hoosick Falls As Water Fears Spread Nearbyhttp://wamc.org/post/class-action-suit-hoosick-falls-water-fears-spread-nearby
<p>An environmental law firm has filed a class-action suit against two companies connected with the water contamination in the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls. Meanwhile, neighboring communities are discovering the presence of the same chemical.Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:12:17 +0000Lucas Willard134581 at http://wamc.orgClass Action Suit In Hoosick Falls As Water Fears Spread NearbyBlair Horner: Summertime - Beaches, Ocean And Trashhttp://wamc.org/post/blair-horner-summertime-beaches-ocean-and-trash
<p>As the nation begins to cram in its end of summer vacationing, many Americans head to the beach, particularly those on the ocean. Little do they see the increasing reality: the oceans are choking on garbage, particularly plastic waste.</p><p>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:52:00 +0000Blair Horner122278 at http://wamc.orgHeastie Says Dredging Should Be Part Of Talks With GE http://wamc.org/post/heastie-says-dredging-should-be-part-talks-ge
<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.5;">The speaker of the New York Assembly says any talks about convincing GE executives to relocate their headquarters back to New York should include discussions on the company’s </span>Superfund<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.5;"> cleanup of PCB’s in the Hudson River that’s about to end.</span></p><p>Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:43:27 +0000Karen DeWitt121931 at http://wamc.orgHeastie Says Dredging Should Be Part Of Talks With GE Stephen Gottlieb: Regionalism vs. The Environmenthttp://wamc.org/post/stephen-gottlieb-regionalism-vs-environment
<p>There’s been news recently about a decline in gas prices. Hallelujah? Or oh my God! Decline in prices means more people will build energy inefficient homes and invest in gas guzzling machinery or businesses. Some will benefit, but the world will suffer. How do we accommodate those inconsistent objectives?</p><p>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:50:00 +0000Stephen Gottlieb97864 at http://wamc.orgPulitzer Prize Winner Dan Fagin On "Tom's River"http://wamc.org/post/pulitzer-prize-winner-dan-fagin-toms-river
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution.</p><p>For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river.</p><p>The story is told in <a href="http://www.danfagin.com/">Dan Fagin's</a> book, <em>Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation</em> - winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.</p><p>Mon, 19 May 2014 14:10:00 +0000Joe Donahue90752 at http://wamc.orgPulitzer Prize Winner Dan Fagin On "Tom's River""Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?" By Alan Weismanhttp://wamc.org/post/countdown-our-last-best-hope-future-earth-alan-weisman-0
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Alan Weisman is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best seller <a href="http://www.worldwithoutus.com/index2.html"><em>The World Without Us</em></a>.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">In his new book, </span><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> the award-winning journalist traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth--and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth?</span></p><p>Tue, 06 May 2014 14:35:00 +0000Joe Donahue79940 at http://wamc.org"Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?" By Alan Weisman12/9/13 Panelhttp://wamc.org/post/12913-panel
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock and political consultant, Libby Post. Ray Graf hosts.</p><p>Topics include:<br />Air Pollution Over State Lines<br />$15,000 Sponsorships to Meet With Public Officials<br />Tech and Anti-Snooping</p><p>Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:00:00 +0000Ray Graf79432 at http://wamc.orgVolunteers Kick Off Campaign To Reduce Use Of Plastic Shopping Bags In Saratoga Springshttp://wamc.org/post/volunteers-kick-campaign-reduce-use-plastic-shopping-bags-saratoga-springs
<p></p><p>A campaign called Bring Your Own Bag Saratoga, a project from the group Sustainable Saratoga, is reaching out to city government, businesses and members of the public to decrease the use of plastic shopping bags.</p><p>The group is hoping to reduce pollution and encourage city residents to shop with reusable bags. Though plastic shopping bags are recyclable, the group claims less than five percent of bags are recycled, and most can only be recycled into other products once. If released into the environment, plastic bags cause harm to birds and marine animals.</p>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:15:00 +0000Lucas Willard73594 at http://wamc.orgVolunteers Kick Off Campaign To Reduce Use Of Plastic Shopping Bags In Saratoga Springs"America the Possible" by Gus Spethhttp://wamc.org/post/america-possible-gus-speth
<p>Environmental leader and professor of law at Vermont Law School, Gus Speth, will present his new book, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300180764/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0300180764&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wamcnortheast-20">America the Possible</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wamcnortheast-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0300180764" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" width="1"></em>, when he speaks tonight in Great Barrington about the future of the United StateFri, 07 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0000Joe Donahue53491 at http://wamc.org"America the Possible" by Gus SpethOpinions Mixed on Materials Bans in Mass.http://wamc.org/post/opinions-mixed-materials-bans-mass
<p></p><p></p><p>As more communities in the Commonwealth are placing bans on things like plastic bags and Styrofoam containers, some are calling for more action, while others say it’s creating more headaches. WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports…</p>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:31:01 +0000Lucas Willard52536 at http://wamc.orgOpinions Mixed on Materials Bans in Mass.Activists Launch Campaign For Coal Plants Shutdownhttp://wamc.org/post/activists-launch-campaign-coal-plants-shutdown
<p>Targeting what they claim are the largest air polluters in Massachusetts, activists announced a campaign today to shut down coal burning power plants.&nbsp; WAMC&rdquo;s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports.</p><p></p>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:20:00 +0000Paul Tuthill42891 at http://wamc.orgActivists Launch Campaign For Coal Plants ShutdownVT Farmers to Get Funds for Pollution Control http://wamc.org/post/vt-farmers-get-funds-pollution-control
<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $1 million available this summer to some Vermont farmers as part of a program aimed at reducing pollution in streams.</p><p>The farmers are in the Missisquoi River watershed. A recent study has identified farm fields in the area as being at the highest risk of polluting nearby streams.</p><p>The federal government says it will pay some farmers 100 percent of the cost of making changes to the way they manage their fields.</p><p>One round of grant applications is due May 18; a second round is due June 15.</p>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:06:31 +000038594 at http://wamc.orgVT Farmers to Get Funds for Pollution Control Morning headlines with Judy Patrick of the Daily Gazettehttp://wamc.org/post/morning-headlines-judy-patrick-daily-gazette-50
<p>WAMC&#39;s David Guistina gets the morning headlines from Judy Patrick, managing editor of the Daily Gazette.</p>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:01:29 +0000David Guistina37557 at http://wamc.orgMorning headlines with Judy Patrick of the Daily Gazette